Taiwan-1982: The Train Starts The Journey To A New Destination

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Taiwan

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

The Train Starts The Journey To A New Destination — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Taiwan in 1982 captures a train journey at a bustling railway yard. A passenger train with orange and cream-colored cars moves along the tracks, passing under an intricate network of overhead electrical lines and metal support structures. The scene is framed by multiple parallel rails, gravel ballast, and surrounding urban buildings, with trees visible in the background. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and slight motion blur, conveying a nostalgic, authentic slice of mid-1980s transportation history. The camera remains stationary, observing the train's steady progress through the rail infrastructure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122801188

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1805 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1982
Reel-level location note: hong kong,taiwan
Date: 1982 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Taiwan Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or museum edits needing early 1980s Taiwan rail travel, electrified tracks, and everyday transport infrastructure from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The orange-and-cream passenger cars, overhead electric gantries, gravel ballast, and low urban buildings support the 1982 Taiwan setting in the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: A stationary home-movie viewpoint watches the train pass through the rail yard without staging, preserving a brief traveler or trackside observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include multiple rail lines, a passenger train, overhead electrical supports, poles, ballast, small rail-side structures, trees, and distant buildings.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, modest grain, faded color, slight blur, and contact-sheet edge density that add authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a rail-travel insert, journey transition, infrastructure cutaway, or quiet memory beat between Taiwan location scenes.
Historical context: The clip documents a passenger train moving through electrified rail infrastructure in an urban Taiwan setting, without visible passengers or identifiable signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or clear private property are visible, but copyright, rail authority permissions, and location identification should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1982 Taiwan train footage, 8mm home movie railway yard, vintage Asian rail travel, electrified tracks, and passenger train cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel journey footage, then other 1982 Taiwan transportation scenes, then broader vintage rail and urban infrastructure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1982 Taiwan 8mm frame showing an orange-and-cream passenger train moving under overhead electrical gantries in a rail yard. — A passenger train moves along parallel tracks beneath overhead electrical supports.

The passenger train continues through the Taiwan rail yard, framed by gantries, poles, ballast, trees, and distant buildings. — The train advances through a dense network of tracks and electrical structures.

A vintage 8mm view of orange-and-cream train cars moving across parallel tracks in Taiwan, with overhead rail equipment above. — The cars pass through the yard as rails converge in the foreground.

The train moves farther along the electrified rail corridor, with tracks, poles, small structures, and urban greenery around it. — The train continues past the camera position through the electrified rail corridor.

Visually Similar Clips